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Food that Helps not Harms

Posted: March 1, 2023

John Klein-Geltink is a long term coach for deacons and passionate foodie—as in food banks. In his work with Operation Sharing in Woodstock Ontario John has helped switch from food donations to food gift cards.

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Secure Dwellings and Stumbling Blocks: Accessible Housing for People of All Abilities

Posted: February 27, 2023

As I’ve said before on this blog, I’m a person with spastic cerebral palsy and other disabilities. That means that – like all people, let alone other folks with disabilities! – I require access to affordable housing.

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No More Empty Dresses

Posted: February 24, 2023

Think of your grandma, mother, sister, daughter, granddaughter and reflect on how special these loved ones are to you.  What was the first memory that came to mind?  Was it sitting at the table enjoying a special meal, was it walking on

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Justice Prayers - February 22, 2023

Posted: February 22, 2023

When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.

-Isaiah 42:3a (NIV)

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Jesus Loves the Little Children

Posted: February 20, 2023

The first time I sat in a Cree circle I was just fifteen years old.

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Doing Climate Good without Giving Up

Posted: February 17, 2023

Rev Dr Ben Lowe wrote the book on doing good without giving up. (Literally.) He works as Deputy Executive Director of A Rocha International.

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Is our Help Making Partners or Beggars?

Posted: February 17, 2023

As part of DARC (Decolonization and Anti-racism Collective, the new name for the Canadian Advisory Committee on Antiracism), I was asked to t

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Justice Prayers - February 15, 2023

Posted: February 15, 2023

You are mightier than all the breakers pounding on the seashores of the world! - Psalm 93:4

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How I can amplify survivors’ stories

Posted: February 13, 2023

A couple of weeks ago at a community collaborative meeting, I had the privilege of listening to and learning from a few survivors of human trafficking about ethical storytelling.

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The Quiet and Dignity Affirming Work of Deacons

Posted: February 10, 2023

When you became a deacon, did you know what you signed up for? Most new deacons hear the Deacon’s mandate read at their ordination and then sit at their first meeting thinking – what now?

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